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Broad-necked Root Borer

Prionus laticollis

12,783 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 105, February 95, March 115, April 188, May 347, June 227, July 760, August 143, September 148, October 146, November 108, December 101.
United States10,827
Massachusetts2,018
New York1,653
Pennsylvania1,478
Connecticut914
New Jersey855
Virginia710
Maryland695
North Carolina459
Tennessee408

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLonghorn Beetles · Cerambycidae
GenusPrionus

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